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From Persia to Jerusalem Tome I
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Joseph Portnoj Gaj
Published: Sep 23 2026
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From Persia to Jerusalem: Tome I is a sweeping work of historical fiction about exile, return, and the inheritance of faith across generations.
In Babylon, news of Cyrus the Great's decree stirs hope among a people who have lived far from their ancestral home. Before the first families set out, the scribe Daniel Bar-Chayat entrusts sacred words to a scroll meant to travel with them. Led by Zerubabel and Yehoshua, the returning exiles cross a difficult road toward Jerusalem, where they find a city in ruins and a future that will demand patience, courage, and unity. As they begin to rebuild the Temple, opposition and uncertainty threaten to halt their work. The people must hold fast to the promise that brought them home.
Years later, in the royal world of Persia, Tzemach Bar-Daniel becomes guardian of a mysterious scroll whose hidden messages point toward a covenant entrusted to generations. Watched by men who seek its secrets, Tzemach is drawn into a dangerous contest of loyalty and power. His path leads from the archives and corridors of Susa to the roads of Babylon, the wilderness of Judea, and Jerusalem itself, as he searches for scattered fragments and discovers that the past has not finished speaking.
The tome's final part turns to the legacy of Tzemach and the story of Esther, carrying the family's bond with the scroll into another moment of danger and decision in the Persian court. Across changing rulers and distant generations, a small circle of guardians must decide what they are willing to risk to preserve the memory and faith of their people.
Rooted in the biblical world and enriched with imagined characters and private histories, From Persia to Jerusalem blends the return from exile, the rebuilding of the Temple, royal intrigue, and a family's long guardianship of a sacred inheritance. It is a story of homecoming and endurance, of faith tested by power, and of the words and promises people carry when history threatens to erase them.
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